The Lyle/Pacelli Athletics (Lyle, MN) basketball crushed the visiting Rushford-Peterson Trojans (Rushford, MN), 62-40 in Friday's league test.

The Athletics (10-2) will now prepare for their test against Southland (Adams, MN). The Rebels go into the A Section 1 test with a 6-4 record. In their last test, Southland walloped Glenville-Emmons (Glenville, MN), 84-32, in a league test.

The Trojans now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Lewiston-Altura for a non-league test on Monday, January 16. Rushford-Peterson will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 91-56 non-league loss to Fillmore Central (Harmony, MN). The Cardinals record now stands at 6-6.